Recycling detrital zircons: A case study from the Cretaceous Bisbee Group of southern Arizona

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-506

  Dickinson, William R ^a   Lawton, Timothy F ^b   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COMPARATIVE DATA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; JURASSIC; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; SEDIMENT RECYCLING; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; U-PB AGES;

LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

ZIRCON;

CRETACEOUS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES; PROVENANCE; REWORKING; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA; BISBEE; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO PLATEAU; MCCOY MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649092835     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25646A.1     Document Type: Article

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